Hopefully the he is spurred to action sooner rather than later. He should expect to be held to a higher standard since he talked a big game about protecting trans people on the campaign trail.
You stood before New Yorkers and pledged unequivocal support for the transgender community. You spoke of protection, dignity, and access to lifesaving care. Yet as facilities such as NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai shutter transgender health services, You have been deafeningly silent.
Where is the leadership you promised?
When healthcare providers retreat from serving transgender New Yorkers—whether under political pressure, legal intimidation, or financial calculation—the Mayor of New York City has both a moral obligation and a governing responsibility to respond.
Silence in this moment is not neutrality; it is complicity.
Transgender residents are watching essential medical care disappear.
Families are scrambling. Young people are terrified. Providers are being pressured. And yet there has been no forceful public defense, no emergency action plan, no clear directive to ensure continuity of care through city hospitals, no aggressive use of the city’s legal authority to protect against discrimination.
Campaign rhetoric is easy.
Governing in moments of pressure is the real test.
New York City has long prided itself on being a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people. That legacy demands more than statements during Pride Month. It demands:
Immediate public condemnation of any institution abandoning transgender patients.
A clear plan to expand services through NYC Health + Hospitals. ( which you can order them to do )
Legal action where discrimination or civil rights violations are present.
Direct engagement with impacted families and advocates.
A firm declaration that political intimidation will not dictate healthcare in this city.
The transgender community does not need platitudes.
It needs protection. It needs access.
It needs leadership.
If you campaigned on standing with the transgender community, now is the moment to prove it.
What about AG Leticia James too? Haven’t found a single comment from her despite the video she released after the initial Medicaid proposal. She and Mamdani vowed to protect our kids. Promised to keep them safe. Swore to be sanctuaries. WHERE ARE THEY??
I have high hopes for Mamdani, but he can’t duck this. Best case, he and AG James are working out a coordinated response that will be announced soon. Nothing short of that is adequate.
This is so disappointing, especially after learning he's also cut funding to the NY public library as well. I hope he starts taking his campaign promises seriously sooner rather than... Never. Do you think it would be worth writing to him as someone who is not a NYC resident?
He promised he would protect Jews, too, (although most Jews didn't believe him and didn't vote for him) and then let protections lapse and blamed us for an attack on a synagogue.
The people engineering, funding, and carrying out the propaganda campaign and enacting the laws and policies against transgender people must face 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 18 U.S.C. § 241, & 18 U.S.C. § 242.
It needs to become a Dem party plank. That settles the issue.
I notice you've been consistent in your proposal that our political opponents be prosecuted for their actions. Certainly, they do not have my sympathy. I reckon that the purpose of such prosecutions would be to prevent this sort of thing from happening again - a deterrence against hate, if you will. But I am not sure if that's the sort of thing that can happen ex post facto. In order to criminalize anti-trans hate, we need a federal civil rights law that explicitly names transgender identity as a protected category, and then go from there. Until something like that exists, our legal legitimacy will always waver depending on who is in charge.
Thanks for this report, Erin. I don't know how you manage to remain so steadfast and determined in the face of such unrelenting disappointment. Perhaps like me, you know that there is no other alternative but to keep fighting.
Folks, if you live in NYC and are gender queer or trans, please call the mayor's office and demand that the mayor honor his pledge to defend the rights of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming New York City residents. Thanks.
As a transplant to protect my own children, I feel tricked and sick. Why do they make it so hard for us to protect our kids, even in states where their rights are theoretically protected!?
Hopefully the he is spurred to action sooner rather than later. He should expect to be held to a higher standard since he talked a big game about protecting trans people on the campaign trail.
Letter to Mandoni
Mayor Mandoni,
You stood before New Yorkers and pledged unequivocal support for the transgender community. You spoke of protection, dignity, and access to lifesaving care. Yet as facilities such as NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai shutter transgender health services, You have been deafeningly silent.
Where is the leadership you promised?
When healthcare providers retreat from serving transgender New Yorkers—whether under political pressure, legal intimidation, or financial calculation—the Mayor of New York City has both a moral obligation and a governing responsibility to respond.
Silence in this moment is not neutrality; it is complicity.
Transgender residents are watching essential medical care disappear.
Families are scrambling. Young people are terrified. Providers are being pressured. And yet there has been no forceful public defense, no emergency action plan, no clear directive to ensure continuity of care through city hospitals, no aggressive use of the city’s legal authority to protect against discrimination.
Campaign rhetoric is easy.
Governing in moments of pressure is the real test.
New York City has long prided itself on being a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people. That legacy demands more than statements during Pride Month. It demands:
Immediate public condemnation of any institution abandoning transgender patients.
A clear plan to expand services through NYC Health + Hospitals. ( which you can order them to do )
Legal action where discrimination or civil rights violations are present.
Direct engagement with impacted families and advocates.
A firm declaration that political intimidation will not dictate healthcare in this city.
The transgender community does not need platitudes.
It needs protection. It needs access.
It needs leadership.
If you campaigned on standing with the transgender community, now is the moment to prove it.
Silence is not leadership. Action is.
New York City is watching and waiting
Maybe a recall should be started
What about AG Leticia James too? Haven’t found a single comment from her despite the video she released after the initial Medicaid proposal. She and Mamdani vowed to protect our kids. Promised to keep them safe. Swore to be sanctuaries. WHERE ARE THEY??
I have high hopes for Mamdani, but he can’t duck this. Best case, he and AG James are working out a coordinated response that will be announced soon. Nothing short of that is adequate.
This is so disappointing, especially after learning he's also cut funding to the NY public library as well. I hope he starts taking his campaign promises seriously sooner rather than... Never. Do you think it would be worth writing to him as someone who is not a NYC resident?
Just for the record, Mt. Sinai stopped already last month. It just wasn't reported until after NYU's shutting.
I sent an email. Not as great as Mike's, but I tried!
He promised he would protect Jews, too, (although most Jews didn't believe him and didn't vote for him) and then let protections lapse and blamed us for an attack on a synagogue.
The people engineering, funding, and carrying out the propaganda campaign and enacting the laws and policies against transgender people must face 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 18 U.S.C. § 241, & 18 U.S.C. § 242.
It needs to become a Dem party plank. That settles the issue.
I notice you've been consistent in your proposal that our political opponents be prosecuted for their actions. Certainly, they do not have my sympathy. I reckon that the purpose of such prosecutions would be to prevent this sort of thing from happening again - a deterrence against hate, if you will. But I am not sure if that's the sort of thing that can happen ex post facto. In order to criminalize anti-trans hate, we need a federal civil rights law that explicitly names transgender identity as a protected category, and then go from there. Until something like that exists, our legal legitimacy will always waver depending on who is in charge.
"But I am not sure if that's the sort of thing that can happen ex post facto. "
I don't see that it is ex post facto. I am referencing already established law.
I don't think they will get far, trying to argue that seeking medical care by common means is not an unenumerated right.
Thanks for this report, Erin. I don't know how you manage to remain so steadfast and determined in the face of such unrelenting disappointment. Perhaps like me, you know that there is no other alternative but to keep fighting.
Folks, if you live in NYC and are gender queer or trans, please call the mayor's office and demand that the mayor honor his pledge to defend the rights of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming New York City residents. Thanks.
As a transplant to protect my own children, I feel tricked and sick. Why do they make it so hard for us to protect our kids, even in states where their rights are theoretically protected!?
Go get him! Where a push might work, it needs to happen.